<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2002	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Illusions	O
CE	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
single-player	O
mode	O
against	O
the	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
AI	I-Application
or	O
in	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
against	O
players	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In-game	O
,	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
five	O
classes	O
of	O
infantry	B-Protocol
:	O
Scout	O
,	O
Assault	O
,	O
Anti-Tank	O
,	O
Medic	O
,	O
and	O
Engineer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
also	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
fly	O
various	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
fighter	O
aircraft	O
and	O
bombers	B-Application
,	O
navigate	O
capital	O
ships	O
,	O
submarines	O
,	O
and	O
aircraft	O
carriers	O
,	O
man	O
coastal	O
artillery	O
defenses	O
,	O
drive	O
tanks	O
,	O
APCs	O
and	O
jeeps	O
,	O
and	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
anti-aircraft	O
guns	O
and	O
mounted	O
machine	O
guns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
battle	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
maps	O
located	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
places	O
and	O
famous	O
battlefields	B-Application
in	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
theaters	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
:	O
the	O
Pacific	O
,	O
European	O
,	O
North	O
African	O
,	O
Eastern	O
,	O
and	O
Italian	O
Fronts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
maps	O
in	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
are	O
based	O
on	O
real	O
battles	O
and	O
are	O
somewhat	O
realistically	O
portrayed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
particular	O
praise	O
directed	O
towards	O
the	O
innovative	O
gameplay	O
,	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
and	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
spawned	O
numerous	O
sequels	O
and	O
spin-offs	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
what	O
ultimately	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
Battlefield	B-Application
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
generally	O
has	O
a	O
more	O
co-operative	O
focus	O
than	O
previous	O
games	O
of	O
this	O
nature	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
only	O
important	O
to	O
kill	O
the	O
opposition	O
but	O
to	O
also	O
hold	O
certain	O
"	O
control	O
points	O
"	O
around	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
mainstream	O
games	O
to	O
represent	O
a	O
dramatic	O
shift	O
in	O
FPS	O
gameplay	O
mentality	O
not	O
only	O
favoring	O
individualism	O
but	O
simultaneously	O
encouraging	O
teamwork	O
and	O
coordination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regardless	O
of	O
which	O
nation	O
is	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
five	O
different	O
roles	O
of	O
infantry	B-Protocol
that	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
:	O
Scout	O
,	O
Assault	O
,	O
Medic	O
,	O
Anti-tank	O
,	O
and	O
Engineer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
scout	O
role	O
has	O
long-range	O
surveillance	O
,	O
high	O
stopping	O
power	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
provide	O
spotting	O
for	O
artillery	O
shelling	O
against	O
an	O
enemy	O
position	O
(	O
unlike	O
other	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
feature	O
,	O
other	O
player	O
characters	O
must	O
also	O
supply	O
the	O
artillery	O
fire	O
)	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
sniper	B-Protocol
rifle	O
is	O
not	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
close-quarter	O
combat	O
and	O
players	O
frequently	O
treat	O
this	O
role	O
as	O
just	O
a	O
plain	O
sniper	B-Protocol
role	O
by	O
not	O
providing	O
spotting	O
for	O
artillery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Anti-tank	O
role	O
specializes	O
against	O
vehicles	O
and	O
tanks	O
,	O
but	O
their	O
main	O
weapon	O
is	O
inaccurate	O
against	O
moving	O
enemy	O
infantry	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Engineer	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
repair	O
damaged	O
vehicles	O
and	O
stationary	O
weapons	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
also	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
deploy	O
explosives	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
highly	O
effective	O
against	O
both	O
enemy	O
infantry	B-Protocol
and	O
vehicles	O
,	O
and	O
lastly	O
,	O
land	O
mines	O
,	O
which	O
destroy	O
enemy	O
vehicles	O
on	O
contact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
DICE	O
acquired	O
Refraction	O
Games	O
(	O
developers	O
of	O
Codename	B-Application
Eagle	I-Application
)	O
and	O
inherited	O
the	O
in-development	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
proposed	O
by	O
DICE	O
as	O
a	O
GameCube	B-Application
exclusive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
was	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
formula	O
of	O
the	O
less	O
well-known	O
and	O
successful	O
Codename	B-Application
Eagle	I-Application
video	O
game	O
,	O
set	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
history	O
World	O
War	O
I	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earlier	O
Refractor	O
1	O
engine	O
had	O
more	O
arcade-style	O
physics	O
and	O
a	O
less	O
realistic	O
focus	O
than	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
Refractor	O
2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
Battlefield	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Macintosh-compatible	O
version	O
of	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
was	O
made	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Aspyr	O
Media	O
in	O
mid-2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
in	O
early	O
2001	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
almost	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
so	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
could	O
more	O
closely	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
expansion	O
packs	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
(	O
adding	O
the	O
Italian	O
Front	O
)	O
and	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
:	I-Application
Secret	I-Application
Weapons	I-Application
of	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
,	O
both	O
adding	O
various	O
new	O
gameplay	O
modes	O
,	O
maps	O
,	O
and	O
game	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Secret	B-Application
Weapons	I-Application
of	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
prototypical	O
,	O
experimental	O
,	O
and	O
rarely	O
used	O
weapons	O
and	O
vehicles	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
jet	O
packs	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
subfactions	O
to	O
the	O
German	O
and	O
British	O
Armies	O
,	O
the	O
German	O
Elite	O
Troops	O
and	O
British	O
Commandos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accompany	O
each	O
were	O
patches	O
to	O
the	O
base	O
game	O
that	O
fixed	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
and	O
added	O
extra	O
content	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Battle	O
of	O
Britain	O
map	O
)	O
to	O
the	O
base	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
Deluxe	O
Edition	O
includes	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
and	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Road	I-Application
To	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
:	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
Anthology	O
added	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
:	I-Application
Secret	I-Application
Weapons	I-Application
of	I-Application
WWII	I-Application
expansion	O
pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Complete	O
Collection	O
later	O
added	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
and	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
WWII	O
Mod	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
sold	O
680,000	O
copies	O
and	O
earned	O
$27.1	O
million	O
by	O
August	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combined	O
sales	O
of	O
all	O
Battlefield	B-Application
computer	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
,	O
had	O
reached	O
2.7	O
million	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
August	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
just	O
one	O
point	O
shy	O
of	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
6th	O
annual	O
Interactive	O
Achievement	O
Awards	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
received	O
awards	O
for	O
Online	O
Gameplay	O
,	O
Innovation	O
in	O
PC	O
Gaming	O
,	O
PC	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
,	O
and	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
with	O
"	O
Swedish	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
decade	O
"	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
computer	O
game	O
gala	O
hosted	O
by	O
Swedish	O
Games	O
Industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
and	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
named	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
the	O
best	O
multiplayer	O
computer	O
game	O
and	O
best	O
overall	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
2002	O
;	O
it	O
tied	O
with	O
No	B-Application
One	I-Application
Lives	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
the	O
latter	O
award	O
in	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
awarded	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
with	O
four	O
honors	O
at	O
the	O
6th	O
Annual	O
Interactive	O
Achievement	O
Awards	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
D.I.C.E.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
Battlefield	B-Application
series	O
and	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
spawn	O
many	O
sequels	O
and	O
spin-offs	O
set	O
in	O
different	O
eras	O
of	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Releases	O
included	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
2	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
2142	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
in	O
2009	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Bad	I-Application
Company	I-Application
in	O
2008	O
and	O
the	B-Application
2010	I-Application
sequel	I-Application
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
3	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
4	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
,	O
a	O
cops-and-robbers	O
spinoff	O
,	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1	O
,	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
I	O
based	O
title	O
,	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
since	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1943	I-Application
that	O
the	O
series	O
saw	O
a	O
return	O
to	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
theater	O
of	O
operations	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
since	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
set	O
outside	O
the	O
Pacific	O
Ocean	O
theater	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
Battlefield	B-Application
2042	I-Application
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Half-Life	B-Application
and	O
some	O
other	O
popular	O
FPS	O
games	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
spawned	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
modifications	O
of	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
were	O
produced	O
without	O
a	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
a	O
"	O
Mod	O
Development	B-Application
Kit	I-Application
"	O
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Mod	O
Development	O
Toolkit	O
,	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
EA	O
to	O
help	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
sequel	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
and	O
Battlefield	B-Application
2	O
,	O
some	O
mods	O
have	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
or	O
have	O
continued	O
development	O
with	O
that	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
uses	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Refractor	O
2	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
mods	O
have	O
switched	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
games	O
Söldner	O
:	O
Secret	O
Wars	O
,	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
while	O
others	O
were	O
releasing	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
after	O
completed	O
mod	O
development	O
for	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
(	O
Eve	O
of	O
Destruction	O
-	O
REDUX	O
and	O
FinnWars	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1918	O
,	O
A	O
mod	O
set	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
I	O
which	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
December	O
2022	O
is	O
still	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
1918	O
was	O
mentioned	O
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1	O
by	O
key	O
DICE	O
employee	O
Lars	O
Gustavsson	O
in	O
a	O
2016	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
Interstate	I-Application
1982	I-Application
,	O
mentioned	O
in	O
1UP	O
"	O
Free	O
PC	O
Games	O
"	O
December	O
2003	O
article	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Morris	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
noted	O
in	O
the	O
March	O
2004	O
issue	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
"	O
While	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
was	O
still	O
a	O
twinkle	O
in	O
its	O
developers	O
 '	O
eyes	O
,	O
this	O
standout	O
mod	O
debuted	O
to	O
a	O
rapturous	O
reception	O
from	O
the	O
Battlefield	B-Application
1942	I-Application
faithful.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Macologist	O
Mod	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Award	O
by	O
Inside	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
Games	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
after	O
the	O
mod	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
its	O
2006	O
Battlefield	B-Application
2	O
sequel	O
,	O
Forgotten	O
Hope	O
2	O
.	O
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